Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-07-16

prepared, and man could hide behind
lot of twined and crossed bough so that
man passing could n& see. Every
thing was against Bucholz, but the case
was slitii one indeed The German
Constl- General, Dr. Schumacher, in
New York; communicated with Schulz
tsy's btdtliet Id Gerinaiiy; dnd the fetutfi
mail brodght word that, i'll addition to
the money found on SchqfteS;h6 fntist
have had at least 200,0 marks. Dr..
Schumacher employed us to work up the
case. The theory was, of course, that
Bucholz had killed Schultey. 1t was
strong theory, but that was ALL In all
human probability Bucfot5 was the only
man who knew the facts, and we de,
termined to get the facts from him. There
was only one way to do this-that was
TO get his confidence. Bucholz was
locked up in jail charged with murder
l consulted with the District Attorney,
John A. Armstead, and obtained his
consent to plan. l arranged to put
man In Jail and worm the secret from
Bu6bolz il lie had 1t. The man ] selected
was one of our operatives, German;
named Ernest Stark; had him
arrested at Bridgeport, Fairfield County,
Conn, for forgery, He was. committed
to jail. In course Of time he became &c
quainted with Bucholz and told him wild
stories of his past life and the success
which had attended his efforts in forgery;
how he was often arrested, but always
got out because all American officials
were corrupt, Once out with little
money he could start into forgery and
make enough money in d short time to
last LIFETIME. Bdch5lz whnted Stark
to get him out and Stark hesitatingly
consented, arranging that he should get
out on bond and arrange outside to Sc
cure the release of Bucholz. Bucholz, in
his eagerness to make his escape sure, told
Stark that if he wanted money he could
find $4,000 or $4,000 planted in d barn,
under the floor. Stark said that if there
was any other money he had better tell
where it was as the Warnings might find it
or the barn might burn down. Bucholz
hesitated for long time, but after re-
peated proofs of Stark's square dealing
said that the other money would be found
under pile of wood in corner of the
barn,
"He said he had found where the
money was hidden; said that it was hu
man blood on the axe, and not chicken
blood, and that he had constructed that
ambuscade; left the axe three days be-
fore the killing: and, going ahead of
Schultey, lodged in behind the ambush,
and waiting until Schultey same up,
struck him with the axe. About this
time Stark was bailed out, and he a rep
resentative of the German consul and
myself went to the house at the dead
of night and found the money just as
Bucholz described it to Stark. Stark
maintained a correspondence with Buch-
olz, and finally wrote him that the best
way to get out was to be regularly acquit-
ted, as d lawyer whom Stark consulted
had recommended. Alt Sthtltty's mon.
ey was marked, and among the money
recovered in the barn was 90 mark gold
piece with hole through the head,
which on the last day he had been to New
York he had purchased for a watch
charm from money changer. The case
went to trial, and Bucholz was convicted
and sentenced to be hanged. On appeal
the case was reversed on technically
having no bearing on the detectives
story, and on second trial he was con-
victed of murder in the second degree.
The jury stood nine for murder in the
first degree. and the nine went over to
the three because it was Christmas Eve.
Bucholz got life sentence.
"Thirty years ago we put man inahe
Illinois penitentiary as a convict to as
certain the cause of SO many escapes and
the mismanagement, and he stayed there
six months and found out everything A
number OF keepers were discharged, and
the prison has never since been misman-
aged. Everybody knows how McParlan
learned the secrets of the Molly Ma.
guires and how we convicted Schwartz.
the Rock Island robber, through William
j. Gallagher, is still fresh in the public
mind -
"You believe, then. that a mans con
science must necessarily cast off load
of crimel"
II do. believe that no inan could
ever keep the secrets of his crime to him
self if he met the right man to inspire his
confidence The man to inspire his con
dence mist be. in the criminals eyes, o
greater, or at least as great n criminal as
himself n-iG IOuis GlObe- DelnOcrdt